PHILADELPHIA -- After declaring that he stinks, and that he has no confidence in himself, and that he couldn't stop a ball thrown at him from going into the net, and that he was lost in the forest somewhere ... Ilya Bryzgalov has promptly found himself.

With an effort far more befitting his nine year, $51 million contract than those that were on display the past four games, Bryzgalov made 24 saves Saturday night as the Flyers rebounded from back-to-back pitiful efforts to defeat the Carolina Hurricanes 5-1 at Wells Fargo Center.

"I found a way (out) pretty quick, huh?" Bryzgalov said of his trip to the woods. "You know what? (I used the) iPhone compass."

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That helped, and so did the fact that his team played much better in front of him, taking away many of the Hurricanes chances with better concentration in their own zone.

Bryzgalov was sharp, focused, and impenetrable. The lone Carolina goal came after Bryzgalov was wiped out from in front of his net by his own teammate, as a sliding Scott Hartnell took the goalie to the end boards, allowing Jussi Jokinen to score an easy goal.

But that was all the Hurricanes could muster, as it seemed that the Flyers rallied around Bryzgalov after he took all the blame for the wild, 9-8 loss to Winnipeg.

"He took all the blame and it wasn't all him," said Claude Giroux, who matched a career high in points in a game with four against Carolina. "It wasn't our best effort. When a guy steps up like (Bryzgalov did) you want to follow him and obviously the guys did that tonight."

As a team, they did, playing a strong defensive-minded game, but in the end, it was the continued offensive outburst of the top line that allowed the Flyers to take a close game after two periods and turn it into a laugher.

Giroux, Jaromir Jagr and Scott Hartnell combined for nine more points in the game and the trio now have 23 in the last four games.

Giroux scored on a breakaway and had three assists, Jagr found the back of the net twice and Hartnell added a goal and two assists to pace the offense.

"I think Hartnell has done a really good job jumping on that line," coach Peter Laviolette said. "He's provided some space out there. He goes to the net and the other two are really creative. It's a good mix, a good combination. Hartnell has been really good, Jagr has been impressive since he got here and Giroux has been outstanding."

Hartnell had the first goal of the game, but the line really shined in the third period as the Flyers put away Carolina with a four-goal outburst.

Two of those goals came from Jagr, who continues to play like the days when he could have been doing hair gel commercials.

The first came on a feed from Giroux in the slot. Jagr didn't get all of it, but it handcuffed old friend Brian Boucher for what would become the game-winning goal.

The second put the cherry on the sundae, when he made a fine dipsy-do move and flipped a backhand past a frustrated Boucher.

Giroux finally got his goal with a beautiful move on a breakaway, going top shelf on Boucher over his glove while being hooked from behind.

That trio could get even better, the more they play together.

"Don't forget the age difference between me and Giroux is about 20 years," Jagr said. "How I play hockey and how he plays hockey is totally different. Somehow we have to figure out how to play together. Hockey, in 20 years, has changed a lot. I'm used to something and he's used to something and we have to figure out how to play comfortably...

"The more games you play, the more comfortable it's going to be."

Max Talbot, wearing an "A" as an alternate captain in the wake of Danny Briere being out of the game with what a source after the game called a rib injury, scored a shorthanded goal on the rebound of a Giroux shot that Boucher thought he had secured in his equipment.

While the Carolina goal might not have been the best play of the season by Hartnell, it was certainly overshadowed by his goal, which came as the result of hard work in front of the net.

Giroux, whose only other four-point night came last January in Chicago, dropped a pass for Hartnell in front of the net and he was able to flip it past Boucher for the first score of the game.